 Sincere Hall and his Hull City Under-21 teammates retained the Billy Bly Memorial Trophy with a 3 - 1 victory over North Ferriby FC.
Despite trailing from Tom Corner’s opener, finishes from Trialist A, Nathan Tinsdale and Ajay Weston secured back-to-back victories for the Under-21s.
The hosts opened the scoring with the first chance of the game on 13 minutes. Good play on the right wing saw Danny Earl deliver for Corner to rifle home first time from close range.
The Tigers almost immediately found an equaliser from the restart as a quick counter released Jim Simms, but his finish hit the underside of the bar before referee Mike Robinson blew for a foul against Hall as the winger tried to convert the rebound.
However, five minutes later City got a deserved equalizer. Hall and Oliver Green linked up well before the latter drilled a low delivery towards the front post for Trialist A to finish past Tom Jackson.
Both teams looked for a way back in-front as Omar Sanyang fired a low shot narrowly wide past the post for Ferriby while Raj Palit saw his deflected effort off Josh Morrall caught by Jackson.
Palit then brought down a long pass from Owen Foster before switching the ball to Hall. The Bermudan international took aim from range, but Jackson pushed the ball over the bar. From the resulting corner, Palit hit the crossbar directly from his delivery. Jackson was on hand to keep the scoreline level at half-time, saving Hall’s strike with his feet, before denying Palit and Jim Simms.
After making a switch in goal at half-time, City took the lead three minutes into the second half. A quick counter-attack saw Palit feed the ball through for Tinsdale and despite the best efforts of Jackson, the powerful first-time finish found the back of the net.
Simms hit the post with an ambitious effort before Jackson was on hand to deny Hall again at the near post. Green then hit the woodwork as the search for a Tigers’ third continued while Danny Buttle headed over from six-yards for Ferriby at the other end.
Joseph Johnson saw his strike deflect wide of the target off a Ferriby defender before his fellow wing-back Weston netted City’s third nine minutes from time. Tinsdale and Simms linked up well before the latter switched the ball to the left wing for Weston, who calmly chipped the onrushing Lewis Exall in the Ferriby goal.
|
